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Parade, Dartmouth Hall ceremony precede bonfire

By Anna Cates | November 1, 2002

The bonfire is coming. You can practically smell the smoke in the air. But the actual burning doesn't happen without careful preparation, and the ignition of the flame only occurs after traditional Dartmouth Night events. Since the bonfire this year falls on the day after Halloween, there will be some related festivities as part of Homecoming weekend.

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Foundation ridicules 'bizarre' Dartmouth classes

By Zachary Goldstein | October 31, 2002

Not all courses are created equal -- at least not according to Young America's Foundation, a conservative educational organization that recently released a list of "bizarre" and "ridiculous" classes at colleges across the country. Among the courses to avoid, according to YAF, are "Who is Black" at Harvard University, "Cultural History of Rap" at UCLA, "Philosophy and Star Trek" at Georgetown University, "Black Marxism" at Vassar College and six courses offered at Dartmouth. These courses are included in "Comedy and Tragedy," a compendium of classes from 58 schools that YAF denotes as "eccentric, bizarre and 'politically correct.'" Their primary complaint about the courses listed is a "biased portrayal of a subject in which a number of views are not represented, frequently including courses without regard to the conservative viewpoint," said Rick Parsons, editor of "Comedy and Tragedy." Cited courses at Dartmouth include such classes as the environmental studies department's "Environmental Journalism," and the geography course "Gender, Space and the Environment." Classes in comparative literature; Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies; and women's and gender studies were also represented in YAF's survey. YAF is a "conservative educational organization which promotes conservative ideas on the nation's college campuses," according to Parsons.

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Condemning Hatred

By Evan Konwiser | October 31, 2002

To the Editor: As president of Dartmouth Hillel, I would like to join the staff of the Rockefeller Center in condemning the appalling act of vandalism that took place in Hinman Forum this past weekend.

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New guard at SA causes divisions

By Kaitlin Bell | October 31, 2002

An infusion of newcomers into top leadership positions within the Student Assembly, coupled with an exodus of upperclassmen, has past and present members sharply divided over whether continuity in leadership or a fresh approach is better for the organization. Of the nine major executives, more than half are sophomores.

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Pluralism dean 'crosses the line'

By Kay Fukunaga | October 31, 2002

After only two months on campus, recently-hired Associate Dean of Pluralism and Leadership Tommy Lee Woon has already found time to take three student-led campus tours and try the stir-fry at Collis. "I want to see campus through student eyes," Woon said.

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Ivy coalition pursues 'tree-free' campuses

By Devin Foxall | October 31, 2002

The recently created Ivy League Environmental Coalition is calling on its schools to create "tree-free" campuses by using only paper from 100-percent post-consumer recycled content. The Coalition, formed at the recent Greening of the Ivies Conference, is also mobilizing to pressure institutions to stop buying paper from the Boise Cascade Corporation, which they say is an egregious environmental offender, mostly because of its logging of old-growth forests. "We need to show [the school] that there is demand and that we are a united force speaking together," said Susan DuBois '05, the Dartmouth representative and head of the Coalition.

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'Earth on Empty' is Full of Something Else

By Matt Soriano | October 31, 2002

It's a tribute to Dartmouth's draconian park ing enforcement policies that the anti-SUV "parking tickets" that appear every so often in A-Lot strike fear into us environmental criminals. The first few that I found were cleverly printed on paper (recycled, hopefully) the same shade as Parking Operations' violation forms.

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SA seeks better dorm social space

By Kaitlin Bell | October 30, 2002

Acting on the results of a campus-wide email survey, Student Assembly will contribute money --which it hopes the College will match -- to funding improvements in dormitory public spaces and creating an off-campus social option, possibly in the spot formerly occupied by Patrick Henry's bar on Main Street. The plan is part of an overall strategy -- dubbed the "Social Empowerment Initiative" by the Assembly -- to give students an increased voice in how their money is spent, Student Life Committee Chair Amit Anand '03 said. Because relatively few students supported funding long-term improvements to Greek houses, the Assembly will not donate money for this purpose.

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Some propose salary cuts to avoid layoffs

By Elise Dunphe | October 30, 2002

In the wake of the College's recent announcement that 30 administrative jobs could be eliminated, some staff are circulating a proposal that Dartmouth faculty and employees "voluntarily rebate one percent of their gross salary" to the College in order to prevent layoffs. But while praising the concern he said the advocates of the salary reductions are showing for their fellow employees, Dartmouth Vice President for Public Affairs Bill Walker said that the proposal was unrealistic. Betsy Alexander, the administrative assistant of the art history department, sent out a BlitzMail message late last week, outlining the proposal that she developed with Professor Allen Hockley, also of the art history department. "There's enough groundswell already that a lot of people know about this.

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Suicide Squeeze

By Kabir Sehgal | October 30, 2002

The Angels and Giants in the World Series? Did that just happen? Baseball's postseason this month may be "electric;" however, please do not let it fool you.

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